Machine for trimming last-heels.



H. F. LOEWER. MACHINE FOR TRIMMING LAST HEELS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21', 1912-.

1,072,963, Patented Sept, 9, 1913.

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UNITED sr Tns HENRY F. LOEWER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.-

M CHINE nor. TRIMMING LAST-HEELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. c, 1913.

Application filed August 21, 1912. Serial No. 716,314.

Toall whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. Lonwnn,

. a citizen of the United States, and resident March 30, 1909, I havedescribed a machine of the kind in question in which the last is held inoperative relation with a rotary trimming-cutter by means of alast-support or ack, the ack having certain movements imparted to itmanuallyby which the last is moved relatively to the cutter 1n such amanner as to cause the cutter to trim the contour of the last-heel fromtop to bottom,

and to produce a predetermined outline.

The present invention relates particularly to improvements in themachine disclosed in said patent, and one object of the invention isto'relieve theoperator of the labor of producing the tangentialmovements of the ack by which the point of operation is transferred fromtop to bottom of the last. To this end I employ poweractuated mechanismby which the necessary movements are imparted to the jack, thismechanism acting, in the illustrated embodiment of the invention, tofirst raisethe jack and then arrest this movement and automaticallyreturn the jack to its original position. This cycle of operations isrepeated automatically at each actuation of a treadle or othermanuallyoperable device.

Another object of the invention is to provide for various adjustments ofthe machine by which it may be readily adapted for operation upon lastsof a great variety of sizes and shapes, and to this end I employ variousfeatures of construction and arrangeent of parts which will behereinafter set forth in connection with the description of theillustrated embodiment of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a front-elevation of amachine embodying the present invention; Fig. 2 is a plan- .view of themachine of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side-elevation of the upper portion ofthe machine, looking from leftto right'inFig. .l J i 1" V 1; Fig. 4- isa plan-view, ona larger scale, showing in detail a portion of themechanism for operating the belt-shippers; Fig. 5 is a front-elevation,partly in section, of the parts shown in Fig. 1'; Fig. 6 is a verticalsection through the jack by which the last is supported; and Fig. 7 is aplan-view of the jack. A

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention I employ, as in themachine of said patent, a rotary cutter 11 in the form of a saw of thewabble type, this saw being mounted on a shaft 12 journaled in bearings13 on the frame of the machine. The shaft and the saw are driven bypulleys and a belt 14 connecting them with a countershaft 15, which maybe actuated from any suitable source of power. The last-jack is carriedby a table 16 at the front of the machine, and to this table areimparted the vertical movements by which'the jack and the last are movedtangentially with respect to the cutter. To this end the table ismounted upon two vertical slide-rods 17 and 18 which slide in bearings19 on the frame of the machine. A shaft 20, journaled upon the frame ofthe machine, is provided with two pinions 21 which mesh with rack-teethcut in the back of the sliderods 17 and18 (see Figs. 1 and 3), so thatby rotation of the shaft 20 in opposite directions the table may beraised and lowered.

The shaft 20 is provided, at its righthand end, with a gear 22,constituting one element of a train of speed-reducing gearing, whichterminates in a pinion 24: on a counter-shaft 25. The counter-shaft isjournaled in the frame of the machine parallel with the shaft 20, and isprovided with two loose pulleys 26 and27 between which is a fast pulley28. Two belts 29 and 30 connect the pulleys just mentioned with anysuitable source of power, these belts moving constantly, and the belt 29being crossed so as to move in the opposite direction from the belt 30.By this arrangement the fast pulley 28 and the shaft 25, and other partsconnected therewith, may be driven in either direction, or the twojbelts may run freely on the loose pulleys 26 and 27 without actuatingthe table-mechanism in either direction.

To control the positions of the belts 29 and 30 they are engaged,respectively, by forked shipper-levers 31 and 82, as shown particularlyin Figs. 1 and 2. These shipper-levers are pivotally mounted upon a bar33 forming a part of the frame of the machine. Above the shipper-leversa slideplate 35 is mounted to move horizontally through openings inupward projections 34 from the bar 33. This slide-plate is provided witha cam-slot comprising a straight central portion 36 and two inclinedendpor tions 37 and 38. The sliippeielevers are provided with rollers 89and 4-0 which engage this canrslot, and in the interiiiediate positionof the plate the rollers are at opposite ends of the straight portion36, in which position the two belts are held upon the loose pulleys.When the plate is moved to its extreme left-hand position, as in Fig. 2,the belt 29 is brought into engagement with. the fast pulley 28, whilein the opposite extreme position of the plate the belt is moved to thefast pulley, so that in these two extreme positions the mechanism may beactuated to raise and lower the table 16, respectively, while in thenormal position of the machine the mechanism is inoperative, the twobelts running freely on the loose pulleys.

, The slide-plate 35 is actuated by means of a treadle 11 which isconnected, by a link 42, with a bell-crank lever 43. The lever L3 ispivoted on a stud 44 on the frame of the machine, and its upper endengages a pin 45 on the plate A spring 46 tends to raise the. treadle,but the treadle normally occupies a neutral position midway between itsuppermost and lowermost positions, being held at this point by means tobe presently described. \Vhen it is desired to throw the machine intooperation the treadle is depressed to its lowermost position, as shownin Fig. 1, and the slideplate is thus .mo-ved to the left, causing thebelt 29 to drive the fast pulley and the countershaft 25. Through thegear-mechanism previously described the table 16 is then raised until itreaches a predetermined position.

To reverse the operation of the table mechanism at the upper end of itsmove ment, I employ mechanism shown particu larly in Figs. 2, 4 and 5.The slide-plate 35 is provided with an opening engaged by a stud t?which projects downwardly from the rear end of a lever -18, the leverbeing pivoted upon a bracket 49 forming part of the frame of themachine. The forward end of the lever is connected, by a rod. 50, withan arm 51, and this arm is fixed on the upper end of a rock-shaft 52journaled in the frame of the machine. Near its upper end the rock-shaftcarries a dog 53 which is adapted to co6perate with a latch 54. Thislatch is carried by a spring-pressedslide moving in a recess in theframe of the inachine. The dog normally occupies a position in the rearof the latch, but when the slide-plate 35 is moved to the left, as abovedescribed, the rock-shaft and the dog are rocked from left to right,thus causing the dog to engage the'beveled extremity of the latch andmove past the same and into the position of Fig. t. If new the operator,after having depressed the treadle to produce. this movement, releasesthe treadle, the .dogis held, by the latch, against reverse "station,

and thus the slide-plate, the belt-shippers and the treadle-mechanismare all held against return movement, so that the rising movement of thetable-mechanism continues automatically. To release the dog 53 at theproper iovement and permit the rising movement of j the table toterminate, a trip 56 is fixed to the slide-rod 17, this trip having;abeveled lug 57 which cooperates with a forwardprojection 58 on thelatch 54. When the table: has risen to the position of'Fig. 1 the bev-'eled surface ofjthe lug 57 forces the-projection 58 and the latch to theright thusi'eleasing the dog 53 and permitting the rockshaft 52 torotate. The spring l6 now'acts to draw the treadle from its lowermost toplate 35 to .its farthest rightshand position. In the course of thismovement the belt 29 is first moved from the fast pulley to the loosepulley 26, thusterminating the rising movement of the table, andtheshipper 29 its"? uppermost position,,thus moving the slide.

then shifts the belt 30 from the loose pulley 27 to the fast pulley 28,thus rotating the gearing in the opposite direction and cansing thetable to move downwardly again.

that when the table reaches its predetermined lowermost or normalposition the roller engages the cam and thus rotates the rock-shaft backto its normal position, thus moving the slide-plate 35 to neutralposition, in which both of the beltsare' running upon the loose pulleys,and depressing the treadle from itsuppermostposition to its normal,central position. The parts are then held in this position, against theopposition of the spring 4.6,by the action of thecam' 59 V and theroller 60 until the treadle is again depressed to repeat the cycle ofoperationsjustdescribed. 7 r

The jack by which the last is carried is shown particularly in Figs. 6and 7. It comprises a slide 61, which has atthe bottom a dovetailedprojection fitting a corresponding slot extending fore-and-aft in theupper surface of the table 16, so that the jack as a whole may slidetoward or from the trimming-cutter. The last is supported upon a bed 63provided, near its rear end, with a heel-b1oclr 6-1 upon which thelieelportion of the last rests. The toe of the last is engaged by atoe-gage 65. This toegage is adjustable along the bed, having a downwardextension which moves in a longitudinal slot in the bed and which isengaged by an adjusting's-crew 66 provided, at the front, with a handle67 by means of which it may be rotated. By this arrangement the toe-gagemay be adjusted according to thelen'gth of the last upon which themachine is to operate. As in the machine of said patent, the last isfixed in the jack by means of two heel-clamps 68 which engage the sidesof the heel-portion of the last; These clamps are fixed on the upperends of short rock-shafts 69 which are journaled in the bed 63. At theirlower ends the shafts 69 carry arms 70, of which the forward extremitiesengage beveled surfaces on a cam-plate 71. This plate slides against thebottom of the bed, being guided and supported by two screws 72 passingthrough slots in the cam-plate. The camplate is normally held in itsrearmost position by means of two springs 74 connected with thecam-plate and with the bed, re spectively, and these springs, throughthe sliding movement imparted by them to the cam-plate, act to force thearms 70 outwardly and thus force the heel-clamps 68 toward each otherand into forcible engagement with the last. 7

To release the last from the action of the heel-clamps a hand-lever 75is employed, this lever being pivoted, at one end, on the bracket 76fixed to the bed 63. This lever is slotted to engage a stud 77projecting downwardly from the cam-plate. The operator, by drawing thehand-lever forward, causes the cam-plate to move correspondingly and torelease the arms 70, and these arms are then drawn toward each other bya spring 7 3 which connects them, thus moving the clamps away from eachother and permitting the removal of the last therefrom.

A novel feature of the present machine resides in an arrangement bywhich the angular position of the bed may be varied in the plane ofrotationcf the trimmingcutter, to adapt the machine readily to lasts ofdifferent forms, and particularly to lasts in which the contour of theheel is more or less inclined. To this end the bed 63 is pivotallymounted at its rear end, having two arms 78 provided withhollowpivot-studs 7 9 loosely j ournaled in two brackets 80 fixed to therear-end of the slide 61. The bed may thus be swung about the axis ofthe stud 79, thus adjusting its inclination with respect to the slide61. To fix the bed in its adjusted, angular position a plate 81 is fixedto one of the studs just outside of the left-hand bracket 80, as shownparticularly in FigsB and 6. This plate is slotted to receive a screw'82by means of which the plate maybe clamped firmly against the .outersurface of the bracket. The screw 82 is provided with a handle by whichit may be conveniently manipulated. For convenience in raising andlowering the forward end of the bed, in making the angular adjustmentjust described, a rack 83 is pivoted at its upper end to a lug on thebed, and this rack is free to move vertically in an opening 84 in theforward end of the slide 61. The forward surface of the rack engages abearing-roller 85, while the teeth on the rear surface of the rack areengaged by a pinion 86. This pinion is fixed on a shaft 87 journaledtransversely on the slide 61, and a handle 88 is fixed to one end of theshaft, by which it may be conveniently rotated.

Another novel feature of the present invention resides in the means forlocating the toe-gage and other parts of the ma chine in adjusting themachine to operate. upon a last of any given size or pattern. For thispurpose I employ a device hereinafter described as a heel-gage, and consisting of a rod 89 which may be introduced through the hollow centersof the studs 7 9, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. The rod 89 is recessed insuch a'manner as to receive the lower corner or angle of the last, wherethe contour ofthe heel joins the contour of the 9 bottom, as shown indotted lines in Fig. 6.

In adjusting the machine, therefore, for any given last the rod 89 isintroduced, being provided with a handle 90 by which it may beconveniently manipulated, and the last is then placed upon the bed andthe' heel-block, with the angle above mentioned seated in the recess inthe heel-gage. The

toegage 65 may then be adjusted by means ofthe handle 67 and the screw66 until it engages the forward extremity of the last, as shown inFig. 1. The heel-gage may then be withdrawn so as not to interfere withthe normal operation of the machine, and the parts are thereafter inposition to receive lasts similar to that for which they have beenadjusted, it being necessary merely to open the heel-clamps, lay thelast upon the bed and the heel-block, draw it forwardly into engagementwith the toe gage, and then clamp the last by means of the heel-clamps68. By these operations the last will be brought accurately to theposition in which the lower angle above referred to coincides with thepivotal axis about which the bed is adjusted, as above described.

Another novel device employed in the present machine comprises a bar 94hereinafter referred to as the angle-gage. bar is fixed in horizontalposition on a slide 93 which slides vertically upon an upright rod 92projecting from the right-hand bracket 80. In setting up the machine forany size orform of lastIt-he last is put into This v position by meansof the heel-gage and the toe-gage as before described. The anklegage isthen applied to the rod 92 and the bed is swung upwardly, or downwardly,as

may be necessary, until the upper angle of the last, that is, the pointwhere the heel oins the upper surface of the last, engages the lowerfront angle or edge of the anglegage 94, as shown in dotted lines in i'ight In performing this adjustmentthe ge may be freely raise-d orlowered by movement of the slide 93 and the upright 92, according to theheight of the last. When the bed has been adjusted as just described thelast will occupy a position in which the upper ex tremity of itsheel-contour, terminating in v what may be called the ankle-portion ofthe last, lies directly above he lower extremity or angle of theheel-contour, as shown in Fig. 6, this being 'the position in which theguiding-meclninisin of the machine is adapted to operate correctly toproduce the required contom: in the heel, and by adjusting theinclination of the bed in this manner the machine may be adapted toproduce similar contours upon the hcelsportions of lasts in which thegeneralinclination of the heel-contcnr 113213 11111 according to thestyle of last, and this may be done by the use of a single patterndateand guidewheel for all of such diiii'erent styles.

In the machine of said patent I employed airacljustable pattern-plateand a guidewh e1, which cooperated to control the forward and rearwardhorizontal movements of the last-jack during the general tangentialmovement of the jack with respect to the trimming-cuttcr, whereby thedesired contour was prodncednpon the ieel of the last; In the presentmachine I employsimilar elements cooperating in substantially the samemanner. The pattern-plate is clamped upon the outer su cc of the plate81, being fixed in place by means of a clampingplate 90 and a screw 07provided with a handle by which it may be conveniently mani ulated. Thispattern-plate is conveniently adjusted by the use of the heel-gageloosely journaled on a stud 100. This stud is fixed in an upright member101 upon the frame of the machine, as shown particularly in Figs. 1 and2.

As the pattern-plate is intended to 00- operate with certain specificportions of the periphery of the guide-wheel, means are provided forrotating the latter through a predetermined angle during the rising andfalling movement of the lastrjack and the pattern-plate; To this end thehub 99 forms part of a segmental gear-wheel 102, which meshes with arack 103 fixed to rise and fall with the tableltl; ,An arm 10st, fixedto the right-hand end of the hub 99, carries a spring-messed latch 105which cooperates with one or another'of a series of notches 100 in theedge of the guide-wheel, so that the wheel is caused to perform partialrota tions together with the hub andthe segmental gear as the tablerises and falls.

The object-of the latch just described is to permit different portionsof the guidewheel to cooperate with the pattern-plate, V

in the same manner and for the same pur pose as in the machine describedin sa'idpat ent. The different segments 107, 108, 109,"

etc, while conforming approximately to the circular general form of thewheel, are curved upondiiferent radii, with tlieresult that, whilecooperating with the same patternplate, these different segmentswillprodnce heel-contours on the last of dill'erent degrees ofconvexity, and in this manner the machine is adapted to operate uponlasts of similar pattern but different sizes without any adjustment ofthe .machine other than thenecessarychange from one segment to anotherof the guide-wheel, and the corresponding adjustment of the'toe-ga-geaccording to the lengths of the diiferent sizes. The general operationof the machine is as follows: The operator pulls the hand lever 75forwardly, thus at the same time openmg the heel-clamps and movlng theslice 61 forwardly upon the table. He then places the last upon the bedand moves it forwardly until, the toe of the last is in engagement withthe'toegage. l The operator then presses the hand-lever rearwardly, thuscausing the last to be clamped upon the jack,

and at the same time forcing the slide rearwardly so as to bring thelast into engage= ment with the trimming-cutter. At this time the tableis in its lowermost position, so that the cutter begins itso'peration'at the ankle-portion of thelast. The operator then depressesthe treadle for a moment, whereupon the table begins torise through theoperation of the belt-shippers, as above described, and during thisrising movement the heel of the last is trimmed from top to bot tom.When the table and the jack reach their uppermost position therisingmove ment automatically interrupted, as before described, and thetable and jack then fall again to their normal lowermost position. Theoperator then pulls the hand-lever 75 forwardly again, thus releasingthe last softhat of the periphery of the guide-wheel,

it may be removed from the jack and a fresh last substituted. The use ofthe hand-lever 7 5 for opening and closing the heel-clamps simplifiesand facilitates the operation of the machine, since the movements ofthis lever, as just described, are in such directions as to perform theaddi tional function of moving the slide and the jack toward and fromthe trimming-cutter, and by this arrangement, in connection with theautomatic power-actuated mechanism for raising and lowering the jack,the machine is render'ed very easy and rapid in operation and capable ofbeing operated by unskilled labor.

My invention is not limited to the embodiment thereof hereinbeforedescribed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, but may beembodied in various other forms within the nature of the invention as itis defined in the following claims.

I claim j I i 1. A. machine for trimming last-heels having, .incombination, a rotary trimming-cutter, a jack for holding a last withits heel in engagement with the trimming-cutter, and means for movingthe jack in a general direction tangential to the cutter,said meanscomprising a slide on which the jack is mounted, reversible gearing foractuating the slide in opposite directions, a manuallyoperable memberfor throwing the gearing into one operative position to move the slidein one direction, a detent for holding the gearing in said position, atrip carried by the slide and adapted to engage the detent and releasethe gearing from said position when the slide has completed its movementin said direction, resilient means for moving the gearing, when soreleased, to its opposite operative position, to impart a returnmovement to the slide, and means, actuated by the slide at the end ofsuch return'movement, to restore the gearing to neutral inoperativeposition. 7 i

2. A machine for trimming lastheels having, in combination, a rotarytrimming-cutter, a jack for holding a last with its heel in engagementwith the trimming-cutter, the jack comprising means for clamping thelast laterally in place therein and being movable toward and from thecutter, means for positively arresting the movement of the jack towardthe cutter, a manually-operable member connected with said clampingmeansand operable, when moved in one direction, to cause the clamping-meansto engage and clamp the last and the jack to move toward the cutter; andwhen moved in the opposite direction, to cause the jack to move awayfrom the cutter and the clamping-means to release the last, and meansfor imparting a feeding movement to the jack in a general directiontangential to the cutter.

engaging the last laterally to clamp it in place therein and beingmovable as a whole toward and from the cutter, means for pos1- tivelyarresting the movement of the jack toward the trimming-cutter, ahand-lever pivoted on the jack and movable thereon toward and from thecutter, and connections between the hand-lever and the clamping meansfor causing the latter to close laterally upon the last when thehand-lever is pushed toward the cutter.

4. A machine for trimming last-heels having, in combination, a rotarytrimming-cutter, a jack for holding a last with its heel in engagementwith the trimming cutter, means for supporting the jack and for movingit in a general direction tangential with respect to the cutter, thejack being adjustable upon said means to vary the inclination at whichthe last is held in the plane of rotation of the cutter, and means forfixing the jack in adjustable position on said means.

A machine for trimming last-heels having, in combination, a rotarytrimming-cutter, a jack for holding a last with its heel in engagementwith the trimming-cutter, the ack being movable toward the cutter tobring the last into operative engagement therewith, and a heel-gageadapted to be engaged by the lower angle of the heel of the last inlocating the last in the jack, the heel-gage being mounted movably uponthe jack so that it may be removed, after use, from the path ofoperation of the cutter.

6. A machine for trimming last-heels having, in combination, a rotarytrimmingcutter, a jack for holding a last with its heel in engagementwith the trimming-cutter, the jack being movable toward the cutter tobring the last into operative engagement therewith and being alsoadjustable to vary the inclination of the last in the plane of rotationof the cutter, and a gage adapted to register with the upper angle ofthe rear extremity of the last to assist in adjusting the angularposition thereof, said gage being movably mounted upon the jack so thatit may be removed, after use, from the path of operation of the cutter.

7 A machine. for trimming last heels having, in combination, a rotarytrimmingcutter, a jack for holding a last with its heel in engagementwith the trimming-cutter, the jack being movable toward the cutter tobring the last into operative engage ment therewith, and being alsoadjustable to vary the inclination of the last in the plane of rotationof the cutter, and two gages adapted to register with the upper andlower angles of the rear extremity of the last, respectively, to assistin adjusting the position thereof, said gages being movably mounted uponthe jack so that they may be removed, after use, from the path ofoperation of the cutter.

8., A machine for trimming last heels having, in combination, a rotarytrimmingcutter, a jack for holding a last with its heel in engagementwith the trimming-cutter, the jack being movable toward the cutter tobring the last into operative engagement therewith, and being alsoadjustable to vary the inclination of the last in the plane of rotationof the cutter, two gages adapted to register with the upper and lowerangles of the rear extremity of the last, respectively, to assist inadjusting the position thereof, said gages being movably mounted uponthe jack so that they may be removed, after use,

from the path of operation of the cutter, a pattern-plate adjustablymounted on the jack and adapted to engage said gages to determine itsoperative position on the jack,

and means cooperating with the patternplate to regulate the operativeposition of the ack during the trimming operation.

9. A machine for trimming last-heels having, in combination, atrimming-cutter rotative about a horizontal axis, a horizontal tablemovable vertically in front. of the trimming-cutter, mechanism forimparting alternate rising and falling movements to said table, and alast'supporting jack comprising a slide carried by the table and movabletoward and from the cutter, a bed carried by the slide and pivotallyconnected therewith at its rear end, said bed being angularly adjustableabout its pivotal connection in the plane of rotation of the cut-c ter,and means the bed.

10. A machine for trimming last-heels having, in combination, a rotarytrimmingcutter, a jack for holding a last with its heel in engagementwith the cutter, the jack comprising clampingj aws mounted pivotally inposition to swing against the sides of the last, a cam-plate 'slidableupon the jack, a hand-lever pivoted upon the jack for clamping a lastupon and adapted to swing thereon toward and havin from the cutter, thehand-lever being opera: tively connected with the cam-plate, andlever-arms connected with the clamping-jaws and engaging the cam-plate,whereby the jawsare caused to engage'and clamp the last when thehand-leveris moved toward the trimming cutter. i

11. A machine for trimming last-heels having in combination, atrimming-cutter,

a jack for holding a last with its heel in engagement wlth thetrimming-cutter, a pat tern-plate adjustably mounted on the jack, meanscooperating with the pattern-plate to regulate the operative position'ofthe'jaclr during the trimming operation, and a gage mounted on the jackand adapted to engage simultaneously corresponding parts of the last andthe pattern-plateto assist in 'ad-' justing the plate. i

12. A machine having, in combination, a trimmingrcutter, a jack forholding a last with its heel in engagement withthe trimming-cutter, the

jack being pivotally mounted so that it may be angularly adJuSted aboutan axis adjacent the point of operation ofthe cutter,

for trimming last heels and a heel-gage adapted to engage the lower 7angle of the heel of a last and locate itsubstantially at the pivotalaxis of the jack.

13. A machine for, trimming last} heels in combination, atrimming-cutter,

a jack mounted to slide toward and from' the trimming-cutter andprovided with clamps adapted to swing laterally into engagement with alast on the jack, mechanism for actuating said clamps, saidmechanismtending normally to move the clamps to operative position, and amanually operable member mounted on the jack and adapted to move thejack toward and from the trimming-cutter, the manually-operable memberbeing movable relatively to the jack and being connected with saidmechanism so as to cause the clamps to be moved away from the last whenthe manually-operative HENRY F. Lonwna.

jack away Witnesses C. S. DAVIS, D. G RN E.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Corrections in Letters PatentN o. 1,072,963.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,072,963, grantedSeptember 9, 1913, upon the application of Henry F. Loewer, ofRochester, New York, for an improvement in Machines for TrimmingLast-Heels, errors appear in the printed specification requiringcorrection as follows: Page 3, line 58, for the Word stud read studs;same page, line 125, and page 4, line 4, for the compound Word anglegageread ankle-gage; and that the said Letters Patent should be read withthese corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of thecase in the Patent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 7th day of October, A. D., 1913.

[SEAL] R. T. FRAZIER,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

